About Artemy Troitsky

Artemy Troitsky is a celebrated Russian activist, cultural
critic, university lecturer and journalist. In the eighties, Troitsky
played a significant role in the anti-Soviet
cultural revolution of the Soviet youth. Troitsky is
author of “Back in the U. S. S. R.: True Story of Rock in Russia”
(British edition 1987) and “Tusovka: Who's Who in New Soviet Rock
Culture” (British edition 1990).

Constitutional conventions: best practice

How far has culture become a frontline in Russian politics, and how does it compare to earlier periods in the country's history? Introducing a new week-long CEELBAS debate on oDRussia, Artemy Troitsky, Peter Pomerantsev and Oliver Carroll discuss the nature of art, protest and the absurd.

Vladimir Putin unexpectedly pulled out of last weekend’s G8 summit in the USA, sending Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in his place. He gave as his reason the need to finish work setting up his new cabinet, but eminent Moscow journalist and music critic Artemy Troitsky has another explanation for the president’s change of plan.

Artemy
Troitsky believes that Putin’s opponents contributed to their own defeat by
taking a winter holiday, while the Kremlin used the time between elections to
guarantee a Putin victory by fair means or foul. But opposition groups should
get over their disappointment, recognise their potential strength and start
working more effectively together.

World Forum for Democracy 2017

This year, the theme is ‘populism’. Is the problem fake news or fake democracy? What media, what political parties, what politicians do we need to re-connect with citizens and make informed choices in 21st century democracy?

Civil Society Futures is a national conversation about how English civil society can flourish in a fast changing world.Come and add your voice»

Full coverage of the non-hierarchical conference held in Barcelona on 18-22 June 2017.